Pray to Saint Luigi for guidance

I didn't vote for him and neither did anyone I know :(

Reading at a 6th grade level is reading for plot. Just like, what happened? Who was there? More advanced things like subtext, metaphor, and unreliable narrators come later.

I found this online the last time this topic came up: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/reading

Go ahead and read the story, and imagine that a lot of people cannot read and understand it.

There's also this article about how many kids are taught to read badly: https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/ (amusingly, also available as a podcast)

What does it mean practically? Bad things. If you haven't read 1984, give it a go and think about why the authoritarian state benefitted from a diminished language.

I misread the headline as "Elon Musk Killed" and I was so happy for a moment.

We could all decide to just like... take their wealth. There's no ref that's going to call time out.

Sometimes it takes just as much effort to be kind as to be cruel.

Like, some video game, public chat, someone says like "these poison monkeys are so fast. They keep killing me".

Someone replies "skill issue".

Like ok big lol I understood that reference, but also like... Why? Now the monkey victim feels mocked. Could just as easily said "I hear you bro. Those monkeys are jerks".

Could also just say nothing.

I feel like sometimes too many people are stuck acting like insecure 14 year olds.

I think some people in niche communities (such as communist groups in this example) actually want the group to stay insular and personal. They like feeling part of a special little group, and if it started letting just anyone in then that would be lost.

There's no reason to believe Trump will be good for the economy, so I think it's less "the economy, stupid" and more "the stupid"

I think we should raze the suburbs.

I pray to saint luigi that these clowns will be removed from power.

There's been a couple games I've decided to just not buy because the disk space requirement was too high. I don't think they care much about a single lost sale, unfortunately.

Well yes, but there are degrees. Like there's an important difference between a room that's 40f and 130f. If I have to sleep in one I'd rather the former, even if neither are good.

Longer term we need to deal with the structural problems.

We shouldn't have a gop anymore. A lot of Democrats are bad too, but the GOP is just the worst. Not even a stopped clock that's right sometimes. They're like a crazy clock that purposely always tells the wrong time.

Eric Adams is a giant turd.

Guillotines

Cute idea, but I really don't find this kind of ultra light 1d6 and two stats mechanic fun. I'd rather use Fate

Ok. I enjoyed the game. When I encountered the big void grabby face guy a second time, I went "oh it's this motherfucker again!" and then had a fun time fighting him.

I also played a lot of monster hunter where too just fight the same basic monster a lot. The process is typically fun so I don't mind. Maybe you should avoid monster Hunter.

So, like, you can get as mad about it as you want, I guess, but it's not in my top list of things I'd change about the game.

I don't really have a problem with things being re-used, and calling game developers "lazy" is such a tired cliche. Making software is hard.

I don't remember elden ring having more "build optimization" than "raise health and stamina to the soft cap, and your fighty skills to taste". That's generally been the build since demon souls.

Also one game + one expansion + one spin off is milking a cash cow?

Is this a joke? Is this whole thread a joke?

This guy is an embarrassment. I can't wait until he's gone

Unfortunately I don't think anyone learned anything so they'll probably vote for another "tOuGh oN CrImE" stooge